#poison

It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned version of what took place. ↗

— Gabriel Byrne

#because #complex #levels #narrative #other

By adopting the 'free trade,' or British, system, we place ourselves side by side with the men who have ruined Ireland and India, and are now poisoning and enslaving the Chinese people. ↗

— Henry Charles Carey

#british #chinese #chinese people #enslaving #free

Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#been #cry #may #milk #never

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#beat #begins #fails #finish #first

You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes. ↗

— C. Everett Koop

#mention #poisoning #snake #snakes #talk

Botox, I think, is poison, I would never put it into my face, and I'm needle-phobic. I spend a lot of time keeping my face out of the sun and taking care of my skin and wearing make-up. ↗

— Joan Collins

#care #face #i #i think #into

I think that testosterone is a rare poison. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#i think #poison #rare #testosterone #think

Oh, yes, we were on location with Another Man's Poison, which I wrote for Bette Davis. ↗

— Val Guest

#bette #bette davis #davis #i #location

At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did. ↗

— Otto Hahn

#did #disregarding #english #first #hague

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison. ↗

— Simone Weil

#contrary #destination #idea #nothing #origin